We do this here in the US too. Grey market cars that are imported and don't meet US emissions get crushed. People caught street racing have had their cars impounded and crushed. It's just to make a show.
Yep. I have a buddy who works at $BIG_US_RETAILER and he weekly has to go into the stock room with a box cutter and scissors to destroy unsold clothing.
I have also heard big box retailers (i.e. Best Buy) will destroy unsold items to discourage employees from purposefully hiding or down-selling things in the hope they can grab it for cheap or free.
Though a lot of places will unload these items to wholesalers or discount retailers, and some gets donated to clothing charities. It goes through a few steps first.
This feels like such a waste. Yeah, let's destroy electronics (when there is a silicone shortage) and let's destroy clothing (when a large percentage of the people in the world walk around in rags).
Makes me unbearably sad we're such a wasteful species.
I wonder if this is also the case in Singapore - the only known good dictatorship in the world where the leader could have easily banned this behaviour.
